Holiday ideas tagged "Walking"

Cochamó Valley is a small, narrow valley crossed by a pristine river. Among the highlights of the valley are 8.000 hectares of alerce (a redwood that can live 3.000 years), and high granite walls that make it a world class rock climbing destination.

'Levada' translates to 'carriage way', but more literally they're canal ways, used to direct and distribute rain water around the island. There are about 2500kms worth of levadas dug into the island, and much of that length has walking routes beside it.

This journey visits old colonial India, via the towns and villages built up over that period and the wildlife sanctuaries where live some of the exotic animals that India was so well known for during that time.